Clinical features
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● 5-7% of first pregnancies, usually affects women at extremes of reproductive age
● In subsequent pregnancies, associated with multiple births, fetal hydrops
● Called eclampsia if convulsions develop
● May be caused by primary endothelial cell injury causing local intravascular coagulation
● Good prognosis; glomerular changes and blood pressure return to normal within weeks of delivery

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